Category : Pistols

All right, because there was an overflow of basic questions about these rifles we’ll go ahead and get a little feature going to help with comparing them and getting a sense of their scale. If there is anything else you’d like to ask, please do! For anyone unsure of what this is about check out or collaborative video!

Nambu’s Type 94 pistol is popularly known as the worst military handgun ever made. While there are some Chinese 1900’s that may disagree, it certainly has some interesting features.

Military expansion across the Pacific and into mainland China was consuming more and more equipment. Officers at the front were becoming frustrated with the cumbersome Nambu Type 14 and were turning to European pocket pistols in .32 ACP. But these were, at best, defensive rounds and really just confused supply lines. Additionally, army aircrew and tankers needed a capable, small pistol which would chamber the standard 8mm Nambu cartridge.

Hungarian small arms history is often overlooked but the inventors in Budapest were genuinely talented and came up with some wonderfully unique designs. Here we have a lesser known interim pistol, the 29M.

Walther had been known as a quality pistol manufacturer before WWI, but the massive contracts from the military had given them a new post-war goal: To develop the next standard German standard military pistol.Read More…